Oh, the truth! That very messy, annoying thing called the truth. I just read an article about moms spilling the truth about what its like to be a mother on the CNN.COM site. It is very telling and I will put the book these women wrote, I was a Really Good Mom Before I had Kids, on my list of books below.
This interview and the book both delve into the unpleasantness of motherhood that most women won't admit or discuss because it makes them feel so guilty. No one wants to be a bad mother, not even the ones who are truly, actually bad mothers! And these women are just talking about raising healthy, typical kids (as far as I read at this point.) Take these stories and add the requirements of special needs kids.
If you know a mom who does a great job, tell her so! And tell her twice is she has special needs kids! We have to support each other.
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Becky, I Love that title "I Was Really a Good Mom, Before I had Kids" - that's me --- then I had kids, then I realized I was not that Good - you know how I knew? My Kids told me So, over and over until they were 30 then, I started to improve.
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